Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-09


ever, when Mr.. Cyrus Brudenel had run
down. and stopped exhausted, rather than
satiated, with lament, Paul said qnietly =
mo, Mr. Brudenel, disgrace cannot be
brought upon one man by the ldcheS OF
any others. | perceive however that it
will be useless for me to join you in the
study this morning. Your mind seems ut
terly overwhelmed for the moment by one
of the commonest of human reverses.
lzak Ibn Menelek will not want you in
your present temper"
Then Mr.. Cyrus Brudenel sprang to his
feet and broke out in revolt.
LEAK lhn MenelekV he cried in con
tempt. "What has he taught me Moth
ing Not SO much as Chicks spirits.
How has he helped me? Ir no way
What will he do Jor me Nothiug Do
not speak to me any more of Izak lbn
Menelek. Let us have done with this pre-
tender of Abyssinia The spirit rappers
and the Ancient Philosophers are all i'm
posters together. There is no help in and
of them. Give me back my daughters
fortune-you-with your pretence and
your sneers about the trifiing incident
Give it back or never speak to me again
IL you can help us, let that be your way
of help If you have no help for us. go
Go-you and'all your tribe Depart, and
leave us to be ruined by ourselves %
He rushed from the room. They heard
his footsteps making in the direction OF
the study, and they all looked at each
other In CONSERVATION FIRST and at Paul
next.
~ will take little marmalade," he
said.
Sibyl's eyes ought TO have withered and
consumed him as she followed her father
credit" said Tom. Il can't quite reach it
myself. But do wish that you had-say.
couple of millions-and that could imi-
tate your example and look on unmoved
while you lost it all"
Ask yourself what you have lost,
Tom" Paul replied You have been
lazily questioning Science. You will now
prosecute her. The law of existence is
that a man shall develop himself under
the goad OF necessity You will now be-
come great professor instead of an anna
teur You ought to rejoice"
Every man who works for money is
slave" said Tom. 81 have become
slave
That is because men are such fools
that they do not combine. When they
have learned to combine there will be
no slaves "
will betake myself to the family solicitor
and see what can be saved out of the
| wreck. And so far from rejoicing, if
can discover any engine or contrivance Of
law which can be used for clapping those
directors in quod, shall set that engine
in motion
II DO not object. 1t will be a legitimate
exercise for your BRAIN
NO" tnat we are leIt alone-We three
Paul continued, rising from the table
where he had displayed SO remarkable a
callousness-"we can talk. We under
stand each other. First. Lady Augusta,
tell me what you think"
que htsllateu.
IL Is oeautltul, she sara at length, 10
near ana 10 TAX ABOUT voluntary poverty
anu remuneration. your Frlehds, VINO
are superior TO lortune, are iovely 10 con
'eInpiaW. put When II comes nome 10 Que
-lrankly, iaui, l am Move are none OF
rs so Lar auFahcea IN Ihliosopny as TO
| pea, WIN patience sucn DloW
| My iiiehu, said fau!; III Is not
DIoW beheFe me. ihat alone Is Il oloW
| Whlch deprive you OF any portion OIL Tue
| "isuonl you nave learned, OF coulu make
| III inlposSlolS LOT you 10 advance. III. lot
instance, yon hau lost an ana had TO Work
| ior your iiVlng,H Woulu nave Deen BLOW
h hecause your Wno t Mature wouiu nave
| become degraded oy WORK Tor winch you
nave not Deen framed But TINS Will not,
| iapprenenu' anets your present style OF
| living
40. NJ husoaho mas MS land, ana
Sloy Is MS heiress. she mas only lost her
moIner fortune OF ten thousand pounds.
| l. ~ Clcely VINO Is inoSt aneCteu. because
she mas iost her all. yesterday TINS poor
child was possessed OF an ample dot, and
now she mas nothing. Yesterday she was
independent, and to-day she is Deepen
uent.
~ cannot, said Paul rehectively, con
slider that my Friends would think 1t
worth while to pay the least attention to
ms incloen., nave never KNOWN them
ln'elie eu Al nia..e's VI money; 10 tneu
as 10 an wise men, social conditions which
requiie aioney are robustness. and those
Wno suh h ny enese conui!lons, that ls'
onose VINO nave TO WORK ~ order that
0tmeis may save money. ana those VINO
ia'a into uespa't wnen tney lose II. ought
10 conioine LOT Tue purpose OF changing
tneir s"ciai co1Hltions. AZ the same
LINE, SO ereat the interest felt Tor tLs
heuseno1u. wnich is aestined' oeileve 10
oe .nt centre OF q mght when snail raalate
e'eryWnere anu ~ the whoie world, that
/ canho.Ll really cannotEoeiieve that
my nrieIds are lgIolanl Oh Ihis accident,
nor can Deileve ihat ~ VII prove to be a
ulsasCer. "ouiu rather oeieVe that II
was perihl.teu oS them LOT your owl help
) ana ihs'rucuSn.
ne couiu only thlnh so r. SAID lady
| Augusta. IL you COulu snow us that -